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ADVANCE INFORMATIONThe SleeperRica HeneKEY SELLING POINTSHistoricalfictionbased ontrueevents aftertheauthorcameacrossapiece of 17thcenturysilver. Basedontheresearchtheauthorsubsequentlydid onthesilverpieceanditscreator.The original story, on which this novel is based, was widely reported in the Yorkshire pressAbrahamBarachin, apenniless youngsilversmithfoundhimself inHull afterachance encounterwithastranger inachurchinParisduringthelate17thcentury,Thestrangertoldhimabizarrestoryabouttheneedtoreturn somesilverpiecesbelonging tohislatewifewhohadhailedfromEngland.AbrahamsettledinHullandmade agood life forhimself.Thereareveryfewverifiablefactsabouthislife.Overthreehundredyearslater,ClareCartwrightwaslivingalonewiththecatsthatoncebelongedtoher daughterwhohadlongsinceflownthenest.Shewastryingtoputherselftogetheragainhavingbeenwidowed. Inanefforttoregainsomenormality inherlife, sherevivedanold interestandpurchasedasmallpiece of 17th silverwhichhadbeenmade inHull. Shethendiscoveredsomethingalarming aboutit andspentthenextfew years researching it,withspectacularresults.Her searchtook hertoHull, where, previously, she had had no reasontovisit. Todistractherfromhergrief, afriendsuggested aholidaywhichtook themtoStPetersburg, Moscow,RigaandAmsterdam.IneachoftheseplaceClarefoundconnectionsto17thcenturyHullRica Hene%u2019sfascinationwith17th centurystood heringoodsteadwhenasmallsilvercupfromtheperiod caughthereyein2015. Shethoughtit lookedinterestingbutdidnotknowjusthowinterestinguntil what followed exceeded her wildest expectations. These finding inspired to her to write her first novel.Publication Date: 28th November 2024 %u00a310.99 ISBN:9781836280798 Themasubjectcategory:FV%u2013Historicalfictionpaperback 198 x 129 mm 400 pp Portrait Authorlocation: LondonSales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksales